Ice-cream form



March 17, 1925. v 1,529,782

B. GERSTEIN ICE CREAM FQRM Filed June 18. 1924 INVENTOR Earned Gersiarz 3 I ii Bl-8 A'ITORN Y Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

uni-Ten s r arns PTA-T BARNETT enns'rnln, or; COLLEGE .rorlvrr, new YORK.

Ion-onEA /r roams! Application .filed June 18,

T all to ham it may: concern Be it known that I, BARNETT GERsTEIN, a citizen ofthe United States, and residing at College Point L. 1., in the-county of Queens and State of'NewiYork haveinvented certain' new and useful-Improvements in- Ice- Cream Forms, of which thefollowing is a specification, suchas" will enable thoseskilled in the-art to which it appertains to make. and usethe same.-

This' inventionrelates to ice :cream forming or-moldi-ng devicesg andthe object of the invention ist'o provide a device ofthis class bymeans of which-one or more-bricl.;-sliapec;l bodies of; ice cream may 'be 1 formed by simply"inserting-the device into: a pan'of ice cream, such as commonly: employed in confectionery stores, or--intowhich ice cream may be'packed by the :usual spoon; a still further objeot being to provide a device of the class specified,' which-byreason of its construction may be readily cleaned and l;ept;cleai1 and with these and'other objects in view, the invention consists ina forming device forice cream, which is simple'in construction-and operation and efficient in use and which is constructed: as-liereinafter described and claimed.

The invention isfully disclosedin the: following specification',- 'of which the accompanying drawing forms-a part, in which the separate parts of my improvementare designated by suitable reference characters: in each of the views and in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved forming device, with part of the construction broken away.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 3 is a section at right angles to that shown in Fig. 2 and showing a slight modification and with part of the construction omitted.

In the construction shown, I provide a form body or member 5, which is oblong and rectangular in form and composed of top, bottom and side walls, but open at the front and back as shown at 6 and 7 respectively. Secured to the top or bottom face of the member 5, by soldering, welding or in any other desired manner, is a rod 8 which forms a shank of a handle member provided with a hand piece 9 at its free end portion.

Movably mounted in the member is an ejector plate or member 10, the dimensions of which are such as to fit snugly within the 1924; Serial No. 720,724.

compartment of the member 5, andproject ing from the-baclr-of'the plate or mem-ber 10 'isa finger piece- 11' in the-form of a strip of sheet metal;- the free end portion of whicli is bent substantially at right angles :as shown at 12- and curvedasshown 'Lat 13 to form a thumb-rest, to facilitate the m-anipulationof the device",- and therod 8 -of*-'th e handle memberpasses through the part- 12 ofth'elfinger piece 11;

Inthe-- use of'the device shownin Figs 1 and 2 of the drawing, the member '10,is'

drawn -.in=wardly :or backfw ardly Lto ;,its ;i111nermost; position; whereby. said; member rests within the chamber of-theimember 5;;adjacent to the-openiend" 7 thereof, The; other open end 6 of theinembert'fi maybezinserted I int-oi abodyi-ofi ice: cream in} atub or-can, suchu as commonly employed, to; compactly place ice cream withinthe. chamber; of the memberno, after. which spoon'orotherQimplementanay; be passed over-the end portion 6 of the ,membert to forinzaesinooth and finished end -to-the brick or creamwithin the chamber of j the member 5;, and i this: brick may. be? ej ected 3 0111201511, plate or 113116 like by forcing, the member 10" outwardly, by the thumb of, the hand supporting thei device, pressure being applied .topthetcurvechend 13 of the finger piece; It will,also', beunderstood-thatg if desired; icecream-{of one or more kinds maybe-packed in;- the chamber of the member 5 by a spooir OHSlI-llllill" implement, "but it is believed that; the; first; named method of procedure will be the quickest and simplest method of procedure, the latter procedure being preferably employed in placing more than one kind of ice cream in the mold or form.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing I have shown a slight modification in which a partition wall 14: is provided on the front or outer face of the plate or member 10 and this partition wall is movable with or carried by the member 10 and serves to form two independent bricks or blocks of ice cream, as diagrammatically illustrated in said figure. It will be understood that in making up my improved molds or forming devices in different sizes, any number of the partition plates may be employed. It will also be understood that I am not necessarily limited to the specific shape and form of the member 5 herein shown and described nor to the specific ejector means employed.

Aside from the utility of the device in forming neat and finished bricks or blocks of ice cream to be served in the home or in confectionery or other stores where ice cream is sold, I provide a device which may be readily cleaned and kept in proper .condition for use at all times, thisresult being accomplished by providing the open ends 6 and 7 to the member 5, whereby any ice cream which may'possibly gather or be retained in the chamber 5, after the ejector plate or member 10 is moved outwardly, may be readily removed, and while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect, I am not necessarily limited to these details, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. I

- Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. An ice cream forming device of the class described comprising a form body having parallel walls,'said form body being provided at opposite ends with openings of similar contour, ejector means mounted in said body and movable from one open end thereof to the other whereby ice cream may be placed in said body and ejected there-- from, a handle member secured to one of said parallel walls and extending substantially parallel to the axis of said body, and means movable longitudinally of the shank of said handle member and coupled with said ejector means for moving the latter in said body into different positions.

2. An ice cream forming device of the class described comprising a form, body having parallel Walls, said form body being provided at oppositeends with openings of similar contour, ejector means mounted 1n sald body and movable from 'one open end thereof to the other whereby 1C6 cream may be placed in said body and ejected therefrom, a handle member on said body and projecting therefrom, and means movable longitudinally of the shank of said handle member and coupled with said ejector means for moving the latter in said body into different positions, said last named means cooperating with said body, and an enlargement on said handle member for serving to limitthe movement of said ejector means in both directions of movement in saidbody.

3. An ice cream form device of the class described comprising a member having a mold chamber therein, an ejector normally positioned at one end portion of said chamber and movable toward the other end portion thereof, and means on said ejector and projecting into said chamber for dividing said chamber into separate compartments whereby separate and independent bodies of ice cream may be formed by said member and ejected therefrom.

' '4. An ice cream form device of the class described comprising a member having a mold chamber therein, an ejector normally positioned at one end portion of said chamber and movable toward the other end portion thereof, means on said ejector and projecting into said chamber for dividing said chamber into separate compartments where by separate and independent bodies of ice cream may be formed by said member and ejected therefrom, and said member being open at its opposite ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention'I have signed my name this 17th day of June 1924.

BARNETT GERSTEIN. 

